Chapter 1: Where We Don't Meet
Qiantang, Ahri Baba, Brand Legal Department.
In the director's office, a handsome young white-faced guy who looked like a secretary asked his leader in a gentle tone: "Mr. Yu, do you want to go to the exchange meeting held by the 'Huaxia Brand Protection Association' in Beijing next week, or do you want to send someone to go?"
This person known as Mr. Yu, named Yu Shuhua, is a woman in her thirties and the director of the brand's legal department. The appearance can only be said to be average, but people are obviously powerful, relying on ability and ability to climb up.
Because she is a female director, it is purely normal to use a handsome guy Xiao Xianrou as a secretary. Ahri Baba has a lot of female executives, and insiders are used to seeing them.
When Yu Shuhua heard this, she took off her glasses and rubbed the bridge of her nose, and asked inquiringly: "Did Chairman Liang say last time that there may be changes in the well-known policy next year?"
Xiao Xianrou hurriedly flipped through his memo and gave an affirmative answer: "Yes, it was said in a conference call at the end of September." β
Mr. Yu sighed: "That's it, I'll work hard myself." Mr. Ma is not very satisfied with the progress of our brand department, and the 'Tengyun' side said that it will be absolutely well-known within two years, and we can't run here. β
The little fresh meat assistant said, "Then I'll arrange air tickets and hotels?"
"Go ahead. Mr. Yu waved his hand, but immediately felt that it was not right, and shouted, "Xiao Gao, come back." β
The fresh meat assistant named Gao Jian hurriedly came back and continued to listen respectfully: "What else do you have to order?"
Yu Shuhua said as if talking to herself: "Xiao Gao, don't you think that the people in our legal department are too serious, every time I go to a seminar, I only focus on professional issues, and I don't make enough friends with people - look at the people in the operation and sales departments, and they will be called brothers and sisters in three or two sentences." β
The situation she mentioned is indeed the truth.
In the legal circle, lawyers are very capable of doing things and making friends, otherwise there would be no business. However, the legal counsel hired within the enterprise is often the opposite of emotional intelligence. These people are more serious, and they may have a good level of professionalism, but they play more of a role as gatekeepers, and their affinity is really much lower than that of lawyers.
It can be regarded as an occupational disease.
Yu Shuhua also participated in several exchange meetings and seminars in the past few years, but she also got some so-called "dry goods" and "insiders", and she really didn't make a few friends who really had the ability.
"Mr. Yu, what you said is also the truth...... Then what do you want me to do? Or I'll send more business cards, materials, or ...... this time," Gao Jian carefully proposed, considering his sentence.
In fact, Gao Jian is a good-looking person, and making friends with people during seminars is his strength β especially when he meets female clients.
But the problem is that he is Yu Shuhua's secretary, or assistant. Even for the sake of his own future, how dare he frown at other women in front of his own leaders?
"You, go to the brand operation department and ask Mr. Peng and Mr. Zhuang to see if there are any empty people under them, and seconded one or two to come over and go to the capital with us. β
Gao Jian was stunned for a moment, and reluctantly accepted the task: "Uh...... Okay, so what are the specific requirements? Colleagues in those departments may not know much about the Trademark Law or related practical ......"
Yu Shuhua said indifferently: "You don't need to understand the Fa, do you have a specialization in the art industry, you and I can understand the Fa enough." There are a few requirements: first, a good image and good temperament, second, it is best to drink some wine, and finally, to be able to speak well and make friends with people, this is enough. You don't have to send those critical posts that are too busy to work. β
"Yes, I'll go. β
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Half an hour later, Tian Haimo was called to the conference room of the brand's legal department by a phone call from her manager in charge of her and waited for an interview.
"It seems that there are any temporary tasks to be interviewed internally?" Tian Haimo sat in the back row of the conference room, looked at the demeanor and preparation of colleagues from other departments on the left and right, and secretly wondered in his heart.
She was used to such occasions, and she had some expectations in her heart.
In the two months since she entered Ahri Baba for internship, Tian Haimo has also experienced a lot of things in the operation department, like a hungry sponge, trying to cherish all learning opportunities. I'm not afraid to work overtime or stay up late, I just want to learn more.
This kind of effort is seen by the leader, and when she was first recruited, she was personally interviewed by the big boss and praised it, so the direct management leader will naturally give her more opportunities to perform and make various attempts - this is the potential benefit of "listening to the sky".
Every grassroots employee who can be remembered by the big boss will always get more opportunities to perform than other people at the same level, no matter what company it is in.
Of course, this opportunity for performance is only an opportunity. If you really want to rise quickly, it depends on your personal efforts.
If the ability is not enough, or the attitude is not good. If you can't seize the opportunity, you can't even get up early in the morning to pick up the pie in the sky, then you can't complain.
Just like many losers in the workplace, when they see the beautiful colleagues around them getting promoted, they often complain and use "Hmph, it's not by selling their faces to climb up" to summarize the other party's success.
As everyone knows, at least two-thirds of the promotions of beautiful women are not entirely face-selling.
face, just gave them a chance. Others may have to work hard 10 times before they have 1 opportunity to show their efforts, and the remaining 9 times are in vain because the leader does not see it. And as long as the beauty is eye-catching, she will be seen once she performs almost once, and she will be remembered once she makes meritorious service.
Tian Haimo and the others were thinking wildly, and Yu Shuhua, director of the brand's legal department, pushed open the door and walked in.
Everyone immediately greeted each other with a warm greeting.
"Let's be casual, we don't have anything big on our side, just talk casually. Yu Shuhua's tone was calm and stable, and she didn't explain the original intention of today's interview, but just casually investigated.
Her assistant Gao Jian sat down next to her and tacitly took over the work of asking questions, understanding everyone's endowments one by one as if they were chatting about family life.
There weren't many interviewers, six or seven in total. After all, this is not an important matter, and it is impossible to mobilize too many resources with Yu Shuhua's authority.
When Gao Jian asked a question, Yu Shuhua scrutinized the pile of interviewers with her eyes.
Since it is to attract friends at the exchange meeting, of course appearance is very important, and it is the first step to attract people. Yu Shuhua has no guilt in her heart about the value orientation of "picking a beautiful one".
She is very self-aware and knows that she is ugly, so her skills in making friends with her male counterparts are not very good, so she naturally has to make up for her shortcomings.
"That's Xiao Tian, a newcomer in the operation department who has been verbally praised by Mr. Ma himself, right?
I heard that I was on the debate team in college, and I also participated in the competition and won the championship of the East China Division of the Domestic University Debate Competition, so there must be nothing to say about that eloquence...... I just don't know what she knows about the common sense and format of brand protection, so I'll ask ...... later."
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Half an hour later, Tian Haimo was inexplicably told that she would be seconded for a few days to accompany Mr. Yu to the capital for a meeting.
Having a meeting is a very easy job to eat, drink, and make friends.
Later, after hearing about the results, the other candidates were all a little regretful and disappointed, but they were quite convinced.
What you need for an exchange meeting is a faΓ§ade, and there is nothing wrong with picking someone who can speak well and is a beautiful woman.
There are also half of the unsuccessful interviewers who don't mind, mainly because those people are not as good as interns like Tian Haimo - they have year-end bonus KPIs pressed there, and if they delay for three or five days, even if their own work can be handed over, the KPI at the end of the year will be delayed a little, and a large piece of the year-end bonus will be cut, which is not a trick. (In Ahri, even if the year-end bonus is completed, the completion of similar positions is ranked low, and there will be a lot less additional bonuses.) Of course, this kind of money is not nominally a punishment for the laggards, but only an additional reward for the winners. οΌ
Tian Haimo doesn't have a year-end bonus, and it doesn't matter if she is caught.
"I didn't expect Nicole to call me yesterday to ask which national brand protection associations our company has participated in and whether there are any year-end activities, and today it was such a coincide......nce."
When she left the conference room, Tian Haimo still felt a little unreal.
"Congratulations to Xiao Tian, you have to be familiar with the leader, you can meet friends with heads and faces, and you can go to the capital to play for a few days - you have to treat yourself when you come back." β
"Oh, Sister Lin, you're going to scare me to death, I'm shocked. As soon as Tian Haimo returned to her position, she was startled by the sudden attack on her chest, and then she realized that it was her colleague Lin Wan, a fellow intern from Zhejiang University, who was playing tricks on her.
She also had to smile reluctantly and reassure Lin Wan: "When am I stingy, it is necessary to have a treat, and I will bring special products to everyone when I come back." You talk first, I'll call home - when you're on a business trip, you always have to give a notice, so they don't worry. β
"Well, you're busy. Lin Wan and the other interns naturally wouldn't pester her.
Tian Haimo went to pour coffee under the pretense of pouring coffee, and saw that there was no one left and right in the pantry, so she dialed Nickole's number.
"Nicole, you've got me to inquire about it. Yes, we have participated in all of these associations. The day after tomorrow, I will go to the capital to hold a year-end exchange meeting...... I'm ashamed, but I'm going to ...... Okay, that's it, no more talking. β
In Jinling on the other end of the phone, Shi Nike hung up the phone and immediately reported the situation to Feng Jianxiong beside her.
"Ahri is going to send someone to the year-end exchange meeting of the National Brand Protection Association, and Sister Mo Mo will also go. It seems that she was improvised and miscellaneous. β
Feng Jianxiong paused slightly: "I know, I'll go to Professor Liu immediately." Nicole, you also booked two tickets to the capital the day after tomorrow. β
Hearing that his old acquaintance Tian Haimo was also going, Feng Jianxiong had a new idea about the double reed plan at the exhibition.
Maybe, he can play a little more actor than originally planned.